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Making a benefit claim
All pages relating to making a benefit claim.
Download forms for benefit claims
If you don't want to complete a benefits form online, you can download and print a paper form instead.
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Proof you need to provide to support your benefit claim
Find out which proofs we need to see when you make a new benefit claim, or make changes to your benefit claim
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How people living with you can affect your benefits
Let us know if there are people living with you, as this may change the amount of benefit you get.
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Paying Housing Benefit straight to your landlord
If you have health, debt or other problems that make it difficult for you to pay rent to your landlord, you can ask us to pay your Housing Benefit straight to them
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Changes you need to tell us about if you claim benefits
You need to keep us up to date about changes to your income, rent, the people living with you and other things that affect the benefits you get
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